Parent company Yum Brands said in its Q4 2025 earnings report on Wednesday that it would shutter 3% of the pizza chain’s U.S.

Pizza Hut is closing 250 “underperforming” locations as its parent company continues a strategic review of the struggling ...

Yum! Brands plans to close roughly 250 Pizza Hut locations in the U.S. as part of a broader brand reset, even as the chain ...

Pizza Hut is planning to close around 250 “underperforming” locations in the coming months, the chain’s parent company ...

Pizza Hut is set to close 250 “underperforming” locations in the United States during the first half of 2026, as its parent ...

Pizza Hut plans to close 250 "underperforming" locations nationwide by mid-2026 after a 3% sales drop. What that might mean ...

Pizza Hut's store sales in the United States declined by 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to an earnings ...

Yum Brands announced plans to close about 250 underperforming Pizza Hut locations across the United States in the first half ...

At this time it's a little too soon to know the exact locations, but New Jersey restaurants could very well be affected.

There's more bad news in 2026 for the struggling pizza chain.

The closures are expected by mid-2026.

The move was announced during a quarterly earnings call as part of the brand's new 'Hut Forward' strategy.